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Teradyne Stock Surges 14.5% as AI Demand Drives Record Revenue and Semiconductor Test Growth

Teradyne stock soared 14.5% in after-hours trading after the company reported its second consecutive quarter of record revenue, reaching $1.33 billion—a 104% year-over-year increase. The semiconductor test equipment maker exceeded earnings expectations with adjusted EPS of $2.47, while forward guidance for Q3 dramatically surpassed analyst estimates, validating its position in the AI chip supply chain.

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Teradyne Stock Surges 14.5% as AI Demand Drives Record Revenue and Semiconductor Test Growth

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SK hynix operating profit surges 557% on AI boom, but shares tumble as expectations outpace reality

South Korean memory giant SK hynix posted record second-quarter earnings with operating profit jumping 557% year-over-year to $42 billion, fueled by explosive AI-driven demand for high-bandwidth memory chips. Despite the historic performance, shares plunged as results missed analyst forecasts and global AI selloffs intensified concerns about market sustainability.

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SK hynix operating profit surges 557% on AI boom, but shares tumble as expectations outpace reality

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Core Scientific lands 2.5GW AI infrastructure deal with AMD months after rejecting $9B CoreWeave bid

Former bitcoin miner Core Scientific signed a massive AI data center capacity agreement with AMD that could reach 2.5 gigawatts across five sites in the American South. The deal includes 15-year leases for 529 megawatts and warrants for up to 30 million shares, validating shareholders' decision to reject CoreWeave's $9 billion takeover offer nine months ago.

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Core Scientific lands 2.5GW AI infrastructure deal with AMD months after rejecting $9B CoreWeave bid

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KLA Corp projects strong quarter as AI infrastructure spending fuels semiconductor demand

KLA Corp reported fourth-quarter revenue of $3.66 billion and forecast first-quarter revenue up to $4.2 billion, surpassing Wall Street estimates. The semiconductor equipment manufacturer expects accelerating momentum through 2027, driven by AI infrastructure buildout and rising demand for process control systems. Despite the upbeat quarter forecast, shares fell 8% in after-hours trading.

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KLA Corp projects strong quarter as AI infrastructure spending fuels semiconductor demand

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US Robot Ban Targets Chinese Humanoid Robots, Escalating US-China Trade Tensions

The Federal Communications Commission banned foreign-made advanced robots including humanoid robots and quadruped robots, citing national security risks and data collection concerns. The move primarily targets Chinese robotics companies like Unitree, which dominate 90% of the global market, while China threatens retaliation against what it calls discriminatory AI protectionism.

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US Robot Ban Targets Chinese Humanoid Robots, Escalating US-China Trade Tensions

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Honor Robot Phone launches August 12 with dual 200MP cameras and cinema-grade AI imaging

Honor confirms its Robot Phone will launch August 12—the same day as Google's Pixel 11—featuring dual 200MP cameras mounted on a 4DoF gimbal system and professional ARRI cinema workflows. The device introduces Honor's AiMAGE architecture and custom Yuguang H1 imaging chip, marking the company's transition into an AI terminal ecosystem provider. Pre-orders have already surpassed 200,000 units in China.

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Honor Robot Phone launches August 12 with dual 200MP cameras and cinema-grade AI imaging

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Seagate's Hard Drives See Massive Demand as AI Storage Boom Extends Capacity Commitments to 2028

Seagate reports cloud providers now account for 90% of its exabyte shipments as AI infrastructure boom drives unprecedented demand for high-capacity hard drives. The company has already allocated most nearline drive capacity through calendar 2028, with customers now planning storage requirements into 2029.

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Seagate's Hard Drives See Massive Demand as AI Storage Boom Extends Capacity Commitments to 2028

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Mystery reviewer tests Nvidia RTX Spark prototype in Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra

A TechPowerUp forum user spent a month with an unreleased Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra powered by Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X chip. The pre-release AI hardware prototype showed potential but suffered from immature drivers, GPU stuttering, and power management issues. Performance fell short of the promised RTX 4070 levels, landing closer to RTX 3060 Ti territory.

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Mystery reviewer tests Nvidia RTX Spark prototype in Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra

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Taiwan detains Nvidia employee in expanding AI chip smuggling probe targeting Super Micro servers

Taiwan prosecutors detained an Nvidia employee suspected of falsifying documents to smuggle AI servers to China, marking the first known legal action against an Nvidia staffer in such a case. The Keelung District Prosecutors' Office searched the employee's home and Taipei office desk, citing flight risk and evidence tampering concerns. Seven people now sit in custody as the investigation expands beyond Super Micro into Nvidia itself.

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Taiwan detains Nvidia employee in expanding AI chip smuggling probe targeting Super Micro servers

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Zhongji Innolight drops 9% in Hong Kong debut despite raising $6.8 billion in city's largest IPO

Chinese AI data center supplier Zhongji Innolight fell as much as 9.4% in its Hong Kong debut after raising $6.8 billion in the city's largest IPO since Alibaba's 2019 listing. The optical transceivers maker, which supplies both US tech giants and Chinese firms, was swept up in a global tech sell-off despite strong demand from hyperscalers building AI infrastructure.

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Zhongji Innolight drops 9% in Hong Kong debut despite raising $6.8 billion in city's largest IPO

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Cadence Design Systems raises annual forecasts as AI chip design demand surges by 24%

Cadence Design Systems increased its 2026 revenue and profit projections, driven by accelerating demand for AI-powered chip and system design software. The company now expects revenue between $6.26 billion and $6.34 billion, up from prior guidance of $6.13 billion to $6.23 billion. Second-quarter revenue jumped 24% year-over-year to $1.584 billion, with a record backlog of $8.1 billion signaling sustained momentum in semiconductor design tools.

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Cadence Design Systems raises annual forecasts as AI chip design demand surges by 24%

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AI vendors shift to consumption pricing as AI PCs emerge to control spiralling cloud costs

Major AI vendors are abandoning per-seat subscriptions for token consumption pricing, making cloud AI significantly more expensive for enterprises. AI PCs with neural processing units now offer a cost-effective alternative by running local models for routine tasks, providing zero marginal cost per query after hardware purchase. The shift creates a new hybrid model where enterprises balance cloud infrastructure for complex tasks against local compute for high-volume, low-complexity work.

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AI vendors shift to consumption pricing as AI PCs emerge to control spiralling cloud costs

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CXMT shares surge 466% in blockbuster $8.6 billion IPO as China's memory chipmaker rides AI boom

ChangXin Memory Technologies became mainland China's most valuable company after its shares rocketed over 466% on debut, raising $8.6 billion in the country's biggest IPO since 2010. The DRAM memory chipmaker's meteoric rise reflects surging AI-driven demand, but faces challenges from U.S. export restrictions and geopolitical tensions.

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CXMT shares surge 466% in blockbuster $8.6 billion IPO as China's memory chipmaker rides AI boom

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Old Nvidia GPUs with massive VRAM are dominating local AI inference over newer, faster cards

Computing enthusiasts are discovering that older Nvidia GPUs like the Tesla V100 and RTX 3090 outperform newer cards for local AI inference, thanks to their abundant VRAM. One modder added a $266 Tesla V100 to their gaming PC, achieving 32GB of total VRAM to run a 27 billion parameter model at 32 tokens per second. The trend highlights how memory capacity matters more than raw compute power for running LLMs at home.

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Old Nvidia GPUs with massive VRAM are dominating local AI inference over newer, faster cards

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Samsung and Broadcom forge $200 billion AI chip partnership to challenge TSMC's dominance

Samsung Electronics signed a $200 billion memorandum of understanding with Broadcom to supply AI chips, memory, and foundry services through 2030. The Samsung Broadcom partnership will leverage sub-2-nanometer manufacturing and advanced packaging to produce custom AI accelerators, strengthening Samsung's position against industry leader TSMC.

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Samsung and Broadcom forge $200 billion AI chip partnership to challenge TSMC's dominance

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